Award 2015 and 2016 from NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland Scull Award for Community Service, Village of Friendship Heights Public Policy Leadership Award from Wonders Child Care Women Legislators of Maryland 2018 Legislative Champion Award Legislative Achievement Award from MD National Organization of Women In the legislature Delegate Kelly serves as the Vice Chair of the Health and Government Operations Committee where she Chairs the Health Occupations and Long Term Care Subcommittee. She is also the House Chair for the Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. Kelly preciously served as Chair of the Economic Development Committee for Montgomery County and former Democratic Caucus Chair of the Montgomery County House Delegation. In addition, Kelly is the past President of Women Legislators of Maryland. Kelly was the lead sponsor and floor leader for Maryland's Abortion Care Access Act which modernized Maryland's abortion law in advance of the Supreme Court decision overruling Roe vs Wade. Kelly was the lead sponsor of Maryland's Contraceptive Equity Act which made Maryland first in the nation for ensuring access to birth control. This legislation required over-the-counter insurance coverage for Emergency Contraception, no cost-sharing for vasectomies, and six-month dispensing for birth control pills, in addition to expanding the types of contraception available to Medicaid and insured populations in Maryland at no cost. Kelly was also the lead sponsor of legislation that established insurance network adequacy standards in Maryland. Kelly is House Chair of the Task Force to Study Family and Medical Leave Insurance. Kelly is leading the fight to strengthen Maryland’s child care subsidy program. She was the lead sponsor of legislation to analyze the program's low reimbursement rates and her work on the Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families led to successful legislation mandating increased funding levels. Kelly has a 100% lifetime rating from the Maryland League of Conservation Voters on their environmental scorecard for legislators. In December 2022, Governor-elect Wes Moore nominated state senator Susan C. Lee to serve as the Maryland Secretary of State. Kelly filed to fill the vacancy left by Lee in the Maryland Senate in January 2023. Kelly won the nomination by a vote of 24-0 with one abstention. She was sworn in on February 27, 2023. Legislative notes Lead sponsor for House Bill 251, providing for the teaching of consent education in Maryland's Family Life and Human Sexuality Curriculum Lead sponsor of House Bill 1342, reforming the Maryland General Assembly's sexual